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Author: fifty_fifty
Title: Of Kilts, Rainbows and Happy Endings
Rating: Mature
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur
Summary: It’s Arthur’s first ever Pride and Merlin is wearing a kilt.
Warnings: None
Word Count: 1707
Author's Notes: Written for the Camelot Drabble Prompt #368 - Pride

I took the prompt pretty literally. But hey, it was Pride month when this prompt was set, and I felt in the mod to post this on AO3 around the time of my local Pride, so I gave it an edit and posted it.

This basically a bit of a continuation of A Moment of Pride, but you don’t need to read it to understand this fic.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to Venti for her adorable art of Merlin and Arthur at Pride ♥
( Of Kilts, Rainbows and Happy Endings )

Title: Between a Knot and a Hard Place
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Character(s): Merlin, Arthur Pendragon, Gaius, Uther Pendragon
Word Count: 4,206
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Arthur slowly blinked his eyes open. His head ached and as he pushed himself up, he struggled to focus on his surroundings. He had some vague memories of being accosted. There had been a small scuffle between himself and a bandit, and the other men… He frowned. The other men had been sorcerers and Merlin—the idiot—had drawn their attention to him. The last thing Arthur could remember is diving to knock Merlin away from getting hit by one of their spells. After that it was all a blank.

Or, beware, when you get accosted by bandits and sorcerers. You might get more than you bargained for.
Notes: On AO3 here.
Written for Plumantis and The King's Chambers Fest 2019 - Day 1

( Between a Knot and a Hard Place )

Title: Merlin and Arthur Put the “X” into Xmas
Fandom: Merlin (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Summary: Wherein Merlin gives Arthur a Christmas morning treat. Arthur gives Merlin a surprise. Poor Hunith has to put up with these boys. And gingerbread men make the best festive snack.
Warnings: Seriously tooth-rotting fluff, with a side helping of cheese. Oh and smut. Quite a bit of smut.
Word Count: 2,381
Author's Notes: Written as a gift for the Camelot Drabble Gift Exchange 2018 on LJ.

( Merlin and Arthur Put the 'X' into Xmas )

Title: Sail Thou Forth
Link to Work Remixed: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1004451
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 37,070
Warnings: Infidelity (Consenual, not M/A)
Summary: Trapped in a marriage of convenience, Merlin Emrys doesn't believe in love at first sight - or true love at all, for that matter.

That is, until he meets Arthur Pendragon, an extraordinary man whose courage inspires him to begin the career that he has always longed for, and in whose arms Merlin begins to hope for better things.

But society isn't kind to men like them, and both must overcome tremendous obstacles before they will be free to live the life they've been dreaming of.
Notes: Cookie, I hope that you have as much fun reading this, as I had writing it. It was a joy to read your work (although I had already read many of your stories before) and when I happened upon this story I knew that I had to chose it for remix.

A huge thank you to my beta reader!

As Cookie notes in the original fic, their story is based on Now, Voyager (1942), starring Bette Midler and Paul Henreid http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035140/, which in turn is inspired by a novel of the same name by Olive Higgins Prouty (Inception enough for you yet?) who borrowed her title from the Walt Whitman poem “The Untold Want”.

I will confess, I have never seen the film, nor have I read the book, so I am basing my story on Cookie’s fic (and Whitman’s gorgeous poem). But maybe I will have successfully channeled both.

As with Cookie’s fic, there is a strong theme of infidelity (consensual) running through the story (not between Merlin and Arthur). And also period-typical homophobia.

( Sail Thou Forth )

Title: Brotherly Comfort
Pairing(s): Keegan Sherman/Webb Sherman (Bounty Hunters)
Character(s): Keegan Sherman, Webb Sherman
Word Count: 4,202
Rating: Explicit
Warning(s): Incest/Twincest
Summary: Webb would say that the car accident had brought them closer together. But the truth was they were already as intimately acquainted as two people could be.
Notes: Written for Hurt/Comfort Bingo - Round 8. Thank you to Pelydryn for the quick beta. Any remaining errors are my own. Written for the h/c bingo small fandoms challenge: my prompts were vehicle crash and hugs. On AO3 here.

( Brotherly Comforts )

Title: A Spanner In The Works
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Character(s): Merlin, Arthur Pendragon
Word Count: 6,305
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Everything was going so well, and then Mordred shares some news that shatters Merlin's world.
Notes: Partly written for Prompt #283 - Insomnia for Camelot Drabble, and finished for Finish That Fic! Merlin 2017. Part 4 of my Rio Medals series, but can be read as a standalone. Part One | Part Two | Part Three | On AO3 here.

( A Spanner In The Works )

Title: Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
Pairing(s): Merlin/Other (Merlin), Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur
Word Count: 1,325
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Merlin is punished again with a night in the stocks after covering for Arthur. Things don't go quite how he expected when he feels a man pressing against his back.
Warnings: Implied Rape/Non-Con, Dub Con
Notes: This was written for Pornalot 2017. Also on AO3 here.

( Cruel and Unusual Punishment? )